With a naturalistic acting style, Marlon Brando portrayed Terry Malloy, an inarticulate, struggling, brutish hero and small-time, washed-up ex-boxer who took a regrettable fall in the ring.He communicated his decision through a typewritten letter (on his letterhead) to Marvin:Marvin Blake:My daughter, Madge, tells me you were forced to stop school since your father passed away.Each of the brothers is introduced by a low-angle medium shot: first James, and the last Wyatt.On the side of the trail, a buckboard appears with Old Man Clanton (Walter Brennan) and his oldest son Ike (Grant Withers), part of the notorious Clanton outlaw clan.He told Christian:They respect but one law - the law of fear...I expect you to carry out whatever orders I give, whenever I give them.On the journey, Bligh quickly showed contempt for the men in his crew, and treated them with brutality, in a regime of fear and punishment.